That line up is all sorts of wierd to me. What's up with Death Angel not being on the thrash heavy night or Lamb of God had lining? And perhaps strangest of all, why did Scar Symmetry get condemned to 2nd stage?

_________________Man is truly a wretched thing, and the forest is committed to expunging him from existence.

Do you reckon you got what it takes to be a main stage announcer?You got the drive, attitude, delivery skills and the balls to introduce some of the biggest bands in metal?

Well here’s your chance.

Bloodstock are offering a one lucky winner an opportunity to plant their feet firmly on the Ronnie James Dio Stage and introduce a band at this year’s event, alongside a guided tour to see behind the scenes, meet the organising team and generally be part of the whole experience. Sounds pretty cool right?

So all you need to do is grab you iphones or video cameras and show us what you got – introduce a fantasy line up (we really don’t care how you do it) but remember the best one wins the full works backstage and gets to face off with the Bloodstock masses!

Upload your clips to any hosting site such as youtube, vevo or dailymotion and and send us the link to comps@bloodstock.uk.com and we’ll choose a winner!

Entrants can be humorous, informative, serious, scary it really doesn't matter so long as it’s unique yet not offensive!

So now’s your chance to be part of Bloodstock 2013.

Links must be online by July 18th with the winner to be announced shortly after.

For those of you who can’t make the entire weekend to the biggest Metal Party this summer - we are pleased to announce a limited number of day tickets will go on sale at 9.00am this morning.

The gates to Bloodstock’s main arena will open Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 10am until 03.00am with over 35+ acts to choose from each day across the 4 stages and plenty of UK exclusives such as SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, KING DIAMOND, AVANTASIA, SABATON, EXODUS, AMORPHIS, VOIVOD, ACCEPT and MUNICPAL WASTE.

If you’re able to tear yourself away from watching the bands then check out the international metal market with traders coming far and wide and pick up a bargain! Take in a little refreshment at the Bloodstock Arms, or head over to the Metal Hammer signing Tent to meet the bands face to face! Don’t leave it to chance as due to licence capacity day tickets are limited!

To celebrate the legendary KING DIAMOND’s headline slot, there’s a special KING DIAMOND face-painting competition on Friday. We want to see a sea of King Diamond fans paint yourself up with your favourite KING DIAMOND make-up (any era you choose), if you want to try and win some Bloodstock goodies then head over to the Sophie stage and speak to the DJ team there to register your entry for the King Diamond Challenge. The overall winner, judged later that day, will receive some awesome Bloodstock goodies.

Also to add to the weekend’s fun, there’s an overall BLOODSTOCK weekend ‘fancy dress’ competition for those who love to dress up silly just because they can! Why do fancy dress for one day when we can do it for the whole weekend. Take a photo of yourself on site, dressed in whatever crazy outfit you reckon will win, upload it to the Bloodstock Facebook page to enter and you could win yourself some special Bloodstock prizes. We’ll be paying close attention so be as crazy and adventurous as you like

If you are still to buy your Bloodstock 2013 weekend or day tickets through the Bloodstock store, you can right up to and during the festival weekend. However, any tickets purchased after this Thursday 1st August at 10pm will not be posted out as you will need to collect them at the festival gate.

Collecting Pre-paid tickets on the gateAs the last day for sending tickets to your postal address is Thursday 1st August, everyone should have their festival tickets by the 6th August at the very latest. If you’ve not received your ticket by this date then please contact see tickets directly.

We will send all tickets purchased after 10pm on 1st August to the festival by special courier to ensure they are ready at the gate for collection, so the standard postal fee will still apply to tickets purchased online to cover courier costs.

When collecting tickets at the gate we will require proof of ticket purchase from the Bloodstock shop including a printed out email receipt, copy of the card you purchased your ticket with or some form of identification such as drivers licence or utility bill showing your name and address.

Please Note: Car parking tickets will be on sale through the Bloodstock store only until 1st August at 10pm at the price of £16 after which they will only be available to purchase at the Car park box office at £20.00. Weekend tickets will rise from £125 to £135.00 if purchased on the gate and day tickets will increase from £60.00 to £65.00 if purchased on the gate.

SERPENTS LAIR ‘VIP’ CAMPING ‘Serpents Lair’ VIP tickets are almost SOLD OUT! There is still the option to upgrade from a standard weekend ticket to VIP or simply purchase a main Serpents Lair VIP ticket, but you’ll need to be quick!!

What does a SERPENTS LAIR ‘VIP’ ticket give me?

As well as a dedicated VIP camping area right behind the main stage compound, luxury’ toilet facilities, complimentary hot showers and the fantastic ‘Serpents Lair’ VIP bar, featuring over 90 guest real ales and ciders to sample, we also offer a range of additional entertainment exclusive to the Serpents Lair experience.

On arrival - all those lucky enough to have secured Serpents Lair VIP camping will need to follow the signs to the SERPENTS LAIR/ MEDIA GUEST ACCREDITATION box office - If you have upgraded from Standard Weekend + camping to Serpents Lair VIP camping remember to bring both the standard weekend ticket AND the upgrade ticket or you will be refused entry. You will also need to bring proof of I.D such as drivers licence or utility bill showing your name and address.